On the program: PNG's prime minister accused of "failing" as the APEC leaders meeting chairman by the opposition, and history made for women in Fiji politics, who've won a record 20 per cent of seats in Fiji's new parliament.

CBA CEO Matt Comyn admitted at the Royal Commission that services provided in return for ongoing mortgage broker commission fees are "closer to none" - but that his bank had no plan for moving to flat fees. Pat McConnell, visiting fellow in the Macquarie Applied Finance Centre, speaks with PM on the need to re-think the whole issue of mortgage broking.

China and the US went into this weekend's APEC summit in the midst of a trade war, and for the first time, the 21 regional leaders were unable to agree on a joint final communiqué — but Australia's Prime Minister says it is not a sign that APEC has failed.